Combined child&#39;s rocking-chair, stationary chair, crib, and baby-carriage.



T. SCHISGALL. COMBINED CHILDS ROCKING CHAIR, STATIONARY CHAIR, CRIB, ANDBABY CARRIAGE.

lIPPLlCATION FILED DEC. 22. I9l1,.

Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

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Ano/mns T. SCHISGALL. NG CHAIR,STAT|0NARY CHAIR, CRIB, AND B ABYCARRIAGE.

COMB|NED CHILDS ROCKI lAPPLICATION FILED DEC.22.19\1.

Patented Aug. 1918.

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,UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. i

THEODORE SCHISGALL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO TRAVELIGHT MFG. CO.,OF PHILADELPHIA, FENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION F DELAWARE.

COMBINED CHILDS BOOKING-CHAIR, STATIONARY CHAIR, CRIB, ANDBABY-CARRIAGE.

Speeication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

Application led December 22, 1917. Serial No. 208,354.

posed of a body having thereon members whereby the device may beconverted into a child-s rocking chair, stationary` chair, crib,

and babycarriage, one from the other at will, thenature and operation ofsaid members being hereinafter described.

Y, The invention is satisfactorlly illustrated .in the accompanyingdrawing, but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, andsol it is to be understood that ythe invention is not limited tothespecific details shown andy described, as long as they are within thespirit or scope of the claims. Figure 1 represents a side elevation ofthe v device forming a rocking chair.

Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the same converted into astationary chair.

Fig. 3 represents a central longitudinal vertical section of the deviceconvertedinto .a stationary chair and crib.

Fig. 4 represents a top or plan view of a portion thereof. Fig. 5represents a side elevation of a portion of one of the legs employed,and the adjacent portion of the side piece of the body and the securingstuds, screws or pins in.section,all on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 6 represents aside elevation of the v device forming a babycarriage.

Fig. 7 represents a central longitudinal vertical section thereof.

, Fig. 8 represents a view similar to Fig. 5, showing the leg" in adifferent position.

. Fig.v 9 represents a section of a portion on Y line 9-9 Fig. 6, on anenlarged scale.

. Fig. 10 represents an end view of a portion of Fig. 6 on an enlargedscale.

Fig. 11 represents a perspective view of a portion of the axle andappartenance shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 10 on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 12 represents a vertical section of the parts shown at the lowerleft hand end of Fig. 1o.

. Fig. l washer 13.- represents an elevation of a employed in some ofthe figures.

Fig. 14 represents a section on line 14--14 Fig. 8.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

VReferring to the drawings :n

1 designates the side pieces or members of the device the same havin theprofile of a child and having their un er side curved forming rockers 2,as members of a rocking chair, as will be hereinafter referred to.

Cn the exterior of said side pieces 1 are the legs 3 and between saidpieces is the seat 4 which may be occupied by a child, the back member 5against which the child may rest, the tray (i which is carried by thearms 7 which are connected with the back by the pivots 8, and the floor9 which is secured to the side pieces, it being readily seen that whenthe parts are in position as shown in Fig. 1 the body of a well definedchilds rocking chair is formed.

It will be noticed that'on the interior of the side pieces 1 are theblocks 10 which are secured tothe back member 5 adjacent to the pivots11 of the lower portion 12 of said back member 5, as most plainly shownin Fig. 7. The pivotal ends of the arms 7 are formed with shoulders 13which are adapted to abut the adjacent ends of the blocks 10 'and soretain the arms and consequently the tray in operative position, asshown in said Fig. 1, whereby it may render service for holding variousarticles in front of the child and prevent the latter from slippingforward from the seat 4.

Each leg 3 is however held in horizontal position on the side piece land for 4this purpose it has in what may be termed its inner end therecessl/l, and adjacent thereto the tongue 15 which forms the fork 1G.

Connected with the piece 1, are the screws or pins 17 which are adaptedto occupy either branch of the fork 16 and so by their engagement withthe opposite walls of the tongue 15, as to straddle the same, see Fig.8, the leg is held in the position shown in Figs. 1, (i, and 7. This isassisted by the detent 18 on the outer end of the leg, the same beingadapted to engage either' tooth or serrations 19 in the rear edge of theside piece 1. The leg may however be drawnl out clear of said serrationsand the studs 17 then occupy the recess 14 whereby the leg may be turnedto a comparatively vertical position,

as shown in'Fig.'2, resting on 'the' floor when the pins occupy onebranch of the fork 16,

.as shown iiiljlig. 5.

` i When the` device is conyerted into childs stationary chair, vas'shown'in Figs. 2 and 3,

the tray 6 maybe thrown upwardly, rearwardly and downwardly, as shown inFig. 3,

when thearm will abut the block 10,as

shown in saidV ligure, and so occupy an in- 10 operative position, asshown' in Fig."3. This `results when the device is to be converted intoa crib,4 as shown in said I `ig.y 3l, 'in` which casev the block 1 0 isconnected pivotally with the-side piece l and' also bythe set screw 20i5 which passes into the segmental slot 2,1 in the side piece, and soadapts the'block', and `consequently the yback member 5 to change theirangles 'from that shown in Fig-1,1 to thatsho'wninv Fig.3. VAThe'se'at@is connected with the side piece l bythe bolt 22 asa pivot'"therefor,Aand the: 's'eat is` also connected iwith" the side lpieceby the setscrew 23 which 'passes "through the same into the segmentalslot 24 intheside' piece 25 Aandv is tightened, by thethumbnut 25 on said set sscrew.Y By fthese vprovisions v'the angularity of the seat is changedto'suit the back member 5, andy thus'thel device is convertedintoa'childs crib as'falsoshown in o'said Fig, 3. n 4 l I In order toconvert thedeviceinto a baby or childs carriage,'[ employthewheels 26 Y'which are mounted on the aXle'27, the latterl beingi provided withthespringfpressedcatch 28,]whicli is 'adapted toA have its nos'e'fengagewith the slotted bracket 29V on =the floor `9 of the b'ody'of thedeviceas a` 'connection for saidv 'axle with! saidbody Iattv o'r about'theVcenter thereof. f Y l 40 In the end portions of the top 'of'saidaxleare the recesses 30`in whichl are'seated the rockers or rocking portionsof the side pieces Al of the body, said portions being raised from thefloor and pinnedf'immov'ably in said recessesby the do'wels 3l whichenter said pieces and axle,.andthus the axle is firmly connected "withtheiioorand side pieces, it being evident referring to Figsb and 7 thaty a well dened chiids' or babycarriage is i producedfjn which case 'ftheangles ofthe back' member 5,-'andv'seat 4' have been properly adjusted,and the tray and legs'3 have V been placed in-inoperative positionnaybeadjusted. '/Vhen, however, a rockingchair or crib is required' thecatch`28i'i'sdoperated tol be released 'of "the bracketr 29 Ywhen ltheaxle w'itliits appurtenances'fmay bef removed from theiside pieces l,and s'o the' rockers or rocking' porti'on's'may againfrest on the flooras in fFigs. l, 2*, and 34 according 'to reqirements of a rocking chair,stationary chair, y

In Figs. `13 and 14,1' show afvvasher 32 i in Vthe twallsI ofthe openingof 'whicliffarel relcesses 33" to"have lthe screws or studs 17 65voccupy the same, so as to prevent rotation of the washer, the Alatterbeing interposed between the heads 'o ffsaidsfc'reivsy or "studs and thevvadjacent' faces o'f'thelegs 3, and so preventing youter disconnectionofthe latter.

The floor 9 is connected withdthe side pieces lby the bolts 34 whichpass through said. pieces into the sides of the'iio'orand tightenedvbyvsuitable means, said floor being readily removable from the side piecesallowing the wheels and thein'axlesto-be placed l in knoclrdowncondition, l this 4being 'also true of the seat 1-f, the back'supporting on said 'side 'pieceiengaginglthe freeend of the leg'forassisting "in holding'thefflegin 2.1Arocking bodyV having a yside piece,a

position, and coperating serrations 'and' a detentlonsaid leg and`sidepiece orfas'sist-fiog mg "1n'fholdi`ng* vthe leg in horizontalposi- "tion. f'

holding the leg in either horiz'ontalf'orver- Atical position, an ax le,andj meansfor irmlv connecting =the 'axle vwith `said floor 'and vtheside* pieces i of' saidV body.

a back"suppo1tingmember, aoor, af-"slid- "abledegy the latter 'beingeadapted to prevent rocking of s aid"body,'meansfor holding said legineither' f'its verticalor horizontal position, an axle cdnne'ctedwithsaidf-iioornm said' body may A.bea seated;` and 'means-'for removablyconnecting said axle with the ad] acentporftions of s'aid body/,'-and"dowelsff125 connect saidaxle with said piece. f i Y Y 6. rocklngbody, an* axle, wheelsm'ounted thereon, said aXle having recesses inadapted to engage a bracket member on the which the lower ends of theside pieces of adjacent portion of the body adapted to 1esaid body maybe seated, means for removmovably connect Said axle with said portion.10

ably connecting said axle with the adjacent THEODORE SCHISGALL. portionof said body, doWels adapted to Witnesses:

enter said pieces and axle and connect said JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM,

axle and pieces, and a catch on said axle C. D. MCVAY.,

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